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the president is touring the country talking about sequester, the department of defense, the pentagon, and our men and women in uniform are preparing for furloughs across the country. these are for laws that will the people protecting our country and protect our national security. while that is occurring, the only work being done on sequester in the white house is being done in the press corps. the senate took up a bill yesterday that actually sets of sequester and replaces it with more spending. the cbo scores the bill as a $7.2 billion increase in spending the cbo scored the senate's homework as failing. the house has passed two bills and they are both on the house armed services committee website and they both replaced sequester with responsible cuts and both system and our national security and reduce overall spending. the president's team on sequester has said it is irresponsible and reckless and wrong and dangerous. we agree. in my community, wright-patterson air force base, 3000 people are facing furloughs my community is listed as number 3 in the nation that will be impacted b
the president is touring the country talking about sequester, the department of defense, the pentagon, and our men and women in uniform are preparing for furloughs across the country. these are for laws that will the people protecting our country and protect our national security. while that is occurring, the only work being done on sequester in the white house is being done in the press corps. the senate took up a bill yesterday that actually sets of sequester and replaces it with more...
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and of course, the pentagon, god bless the pentagon, created the class for us. and it was twenty eight mind numbing slides to be given with a lighted detail on everything. but nevertheless, the session especially with the indonesia junior officers turned out to be exciting. these were captains that were fluent in i english or at least confident most fluent and they had done their homework. we couldn't get through the class in the a lotted time without all of these captains bringing up incidents from the american past we would prefer not think about or thought or talk about. it shows that they were thinking and people that are past a certain age lieutenant colonel probably not going to reach them. they are vested in the current system. they have a senior officer tendency say we have done this way and want to continue to do that. to be able to get in the country and work at the captain level with the junior officers and start shaping out or at least raising questions is far better than just cutting everything off and saying that you guys only have one choice and i
and of course, the pentagon, god bless the pentagon, created the class for us. and it was twenty eight mind numbing slides to be given with a lighted detail on everything. but nevertheless, the session especially with the indonesia junior officers turned out to be exciting. these were captains that were fluent in i english or at least confident most fluent and they had done their homework. we couldn't get through the class in the a lotted time without all of these captains bringing up incidents...
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too quick to subject cuts at the pentagon. meantime, the current defense secretary leon panetta is making history on the way out the door. joining me now, retired u.s. army general stanley mcchrystal is the former commander in afghanistan. and former cia director and retired u.s. air force general michael hayden. i'm the only one without a military title this morning. i want to start out with chuck hagel because he's what's top on the minds of the pentagon. from what you know of chuck hagel, and he would be the first enlisted man ever to run the pentagon. the first vietnam vet, from what you know, what sort of reception would he get from the military? >> i think it would be fine. i know senator hagel, he was on my oversight committee when i was in the intelligence community. he was a member, and this is not a universal condition, he was a member that you could talk to, have an honest dialogue, not necessarily disagree. you can always speak with him and frankly given my time in uniform, that's a tremendous attribute. i actually
too quick to subject cuts at the pentagon. meantime, the current defense secretary leon panetta is making history on the way out the door. joining me now, retired u.s. army general stanley mcchrystal is the former commander in afghanistan. and former cia director and retired u.s. air force general michael hayden. i'm the only one without a military title this morning. i want to start out with chuck hagel because he's what's top on the minds of the pentagon. from what you know of chuck hagel,...
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talking to people in the pentagon, a lot of them would agree with that. the problem is they are halfway through the year. they have not been preparing for this at all. they will have to squeeze all of these cuts into a six-month period. the next six months, it is implemented, it will have an impact. in 2014, it will probably be more manageable. they will be able to choose where they want to make the cuts. host: our guest is marcus weisgerber of "defense news." the first call is from mark from michigan, a democrat. good morning. caller: hello? i was wondering. the money appropriated for hurricane sandy was over $50 billion. the money to be taken away from this is about the same. they are saying the sequestration is so terrible about job loss. how come it has not affected job gains on the east coast in the same amount in the short time they have to spend that money? guest: i read something this morning saying the sandy money is possibly subject to sequestration. there will be significant job loss with a lot of agencies. they say they're could be up to 2 mil
talking to people in the pentagon, a lot of them would agree with that. the problem is they are halfway through the year. they have not been preparing for this at all. they will have to squeeze all of these cuts into a six-month period. the next six months, it is implemented, it will have an impact. in 2014, it will probably be more manageable. they will be able to choose where they want to make the cuts. host: our guest is marcus weisgerber of "defense news." the first call is from...
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the pentagon fears this could have a drastic affect on military. many republicans say this is coming. >> we are here because the president refused to cut spending, and we have grown up with this. >> so there is still some uncertainty over the deadline, senator charles schumer appears confident the sequester will be avoided. >> there are those that do not need a favor of hardly anybody other than themselves and the few whose special interests are protected both sides are looking for a solution. it seems finding a solution has so far evaded lawmakers. >> we are joined by the political defense reporter. we are talking sequestration and you know it well. what sort of impact will it have? >> it has already had an impact. training is being deferred. maintenance is being deferred. we are looking at close to a trillion dollars. there is going to be very little the pentagon can do to avert it. >> outside the defense department, who is going to feel the impact the most? >> i think every agency will be cut by a certain amount. we are looking at about 9%. ever
the pentagon fears this could have a drastic affect on military. many republicans say this is coming. >> we are here because the president refused to cut spending, and we have grown up with this. >> so there is still some uncertainty over the deadline, senator charles schumer appears confident the sequester will be avoided. >> there are those that do not need a favor of hardly anybody other than themselves and the few whose special interests are protected both sides are...
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. >> why is this man still living in america he helped the hijackers slam flight 77 into the pentagon. >> i am katherine harris. >> i am bill hemmer. that's next on f"fox files." >> it has been nearly 12 years since the attack on 9-11. >> 3,000 people died in new york city at the pentagon and in a field in shanksville, pennsylvania after four planes were hijacked by 19 men. but for this man, life goes on here in america. he is a known associate of two hijackers who slammed flight 77 into the pentagon. >> he helped them stay under the radar. >> that's correct. he assisted them on numerous occasions. >> for over a decade the u.s. government spent more than a half a million dollars trying to deport him but have had no success. with nearly 400,000 people waiting for u.s. citizenship in november 2012 he received political asylum for the third time. >> it's a slap in the face to americans especially the victims of 911 and the families. >> it is personal for jim bush and retired special agent. >> 3,000 people were murdered. he played a very small part but he was part of the conspiracy. >> fr
. >> why is this man still living in america he helped the hijackers slam flight 77 into the pentagon. >> i am katherine harris. >> i am bill hemmer. that's next on f"fox files." >> it has been nearly 12 years since the attack on 9-11. >> 3,000 people died in new york city at the pentagon and in a field in shanksville, pennsylvania after four planes were hijacked by 19 men. but for this man, life goes on here in america. he is a known associate of two...
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he helped the 9/11 hijackers who slammed flight 77 into the pentagon. >> i'm catherine harris. >> i'm bill hemmer and that's next on "fox i files." files." >> i haseeearly >> it has been nearly 12 years since the attacks of 9/11. >> there is goes there it goes! >> 3,000 people died in new york city at the pentagon and in a field in shanksville pennsylvania after four planes an hijacked by 19 men. for this man life goes on in america. he is a known associate of hijackers who slammed flight 77 into the pentagon. >> he helped them stay under the radar. >> that's correct. he assisted them numerous occasions in important situations in this country. >> for over a decade the u.s. government has spent more than a half a million dollars trying to deport him but has had no success. with nearly 400,000 people waiting for u.s. citizenship in november 2012 he received political asylum for the third time. >> a slap in the face to americans. especially the victims of 9/11 and the families. >> this case is personal. for former criminal investigator jim bush and retired fbi special agent bob buchowski
he helped the 9/11 hijackers who slammed flight 77 into the pentagon. >> i'm catherine harris. >> i'm bill hemmer and that's next on "fox i files." files." >> i haseeearly >> it has been nearly 12 years since the attacks of 9/11. >> there is goes there it goes! >> 3,000 people died in new york city at the pentagon and in a field in shanksville pennsylvania after four planes an hijacked by 19 men. for this man life goes on in america. he is a...
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they have 103 different stem -- science, technologies, engineering and math -- programs within the pentagon alone. consolidating those would save $1.7 billion over the next ten years. these are programs that are not necessarily initiated by congress, by the way. so they do have the flexibility to make those changes. department of defense tuition assistance program totally duplicates our veterans tuition assistance program. so you can do in service have this access to tuition while in service and then have the identical tuition access afterwards and you can claim them both. there's nothing wrong with wanting togy an educational benefit to our troops, but we don't need to do it twice. that's a significant savings of $4.5 billion. alternative energy. we have a department of energy. their whole goal is to work on alternative energy and renewable energy and efficiency within energy. the department of defense is spending $700 million a year on research in alternative energy that totally duplicates everything we're doing everywhere else. so there's $00700 million that we should not be spending at
they have 103 different stem -- science, technologies, engineering and math -- programs within the pentagon alone. consolidating those would save $1.7 billion over the next ten years. these are programs that are not necessarily initiated by congress, by the way. so they do have the flexibility to make those changes. department of defense tuition assistance program totally duplicates our veterans tuition assistance program. so you can do in service have this access to tuition while in service...
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former members of congress, including one former senator, mike grave of alaska, who once read the pentagon papers into the congressional record amid all sorts of interesting stuff in washington. but who is best remembered for long zen, inexplicable campaign ads when he ran for president. in 2008. but less you assume that former senator mike gravel and company are doing this fake hearing thing because they believe in aliens visiting earth, the organizers of the fake ufo's hearing told roll call, quote, i don't care what the ex-members actually think about extraterrestrial issues. the organizer said he only cares, quote, that they served in congress, that they know how it is done, that they are willing to run these hearings like an actual hearing in order to create a rather amazing and i think important event. also i should note that the fake committee members are going to get paid $20,000 a pop to do it. so there's that. roll call and "the washington post" report the fake hearing adventure is expected to cost over $600,000, including the $20,000 fee paid to each of the former members of con
former members of congress, including one former senator, mike grave of alaska, who once read the pentagon papers into the congressional record amid all sorts of interesting stuff in washington. but who is best remembered for long zen, inexplicable campaign ads when he ran for president. in 2008. but less you assume that former senator mike gravel and company are doing this fake hearing thing because they believe in aliens visiting earth, the organizers of the fake ufo's hearing told roll call,...
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he is top on the minds at the pentagon i think. from what you know of chuck hagel and he would be the first enlisted man ever to run the pentagon, the first vietnam vet, from what you know, what sort of reception would he get from the military? >> i think it would be fine. i know senator haggel. he was a member -- and not a universal condition -- he was a member you could talk to, but on a personal base have a candid exchange of views. you could always speak with him and frankly given my time in uniform, that's a tremendous attribu attribute. i think will work out well. >> you wrote in your book about the trust deficit that happens when the military gets used to a new person. you were talking about the president at the time. but i wonder if having a pentagon chief with the credentials of having fought in a war, sort of helps with the trust deficit? >> i don't think u.s. a prerequisite, i think it's helpful. and he'll build relationships as he goes. he has a lot of credibility. i don't think it will be a problem. >> do either of you
he is top on the minds at the pentagon i think. from what you know of chuck hagel and he would be the first enlisted man ever to run the pentagon, the first vietnam vet, from what you know, what sort of reception would he get from the military? >> i think it would be fine. i know senator haggel. he was a member -- and not a universal condition -- he was a member you could talk to, but on a personal base have a candid exchange of views. you could always speak with him and frankly given my...
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he said if congress doesn't act shs the pentagon will be forced to absorb $46 billion in spending cuts in this fiscal year. the military will also face a $35 billion shortfall in operating expenses. he says the military's ability to respond to a crisis will suffer. >> my fear is that there is a dangerous and callous attitude that is developing among some republicans and some democrats. that these dangerous cuts can be allowed to take place in order to blame the other party for the consequences. >> his remarks came during a speech. he warned that if the sequester kicks in march 1st, there will be widespread civilian furloughs, layoffs and hiring freezes. >>> tonight historic change if z in the works for the post office. no more saturday deliveries. the agency will implement the change on august 1st in order to save $2 billion. under the plan, mail will be delivered to homes and businesses monday through friday. mail will still be delivered to post office boxes on saturdays and packages will still be delivered. the post office lost nearly $16 billion last year and another loss is forecas
he said if congress doesn't act shs the pentagon will be forced to absorb $46 billion in spending cuts in this fiscal year. the military will also face a $35 billion shortfall in operating expenses. he says the military's ability to respond to a crisis will suffer. >> my fear is that there is a dangerous and callous attitude that is developing among some republicans and some democrats. that these dangerous cuts can be allowed to take place in order to blame the other party for the...
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we're talking $109 billion worth of across the board cuts to the budget of the pentagon and the number of domestic agencies. >> we can come together as democrats and republicans to cut spending and raise revenue in a way that reduces our deficit, protects our middle class, provides ladders into the middle class for everybody who is willing to washing hard. >> despite this bill, your paycheck is a little smaller because a temporary cut in payroll tax expired. the social security will jump back to 6.2% for 160 million americans. it had been 4.2%. some banks say that could cut consumer spending this year. that's less than the 115 to $125 billion in revenue it cost the government each yoor. at the live desk, angie goff, news 4. >>> angie, thank you for that. >>> new york area lawmakers from both parties are furious with house republican leaders. they are angry the current congressional term will end without a vote on aid for victims of hurricane sandy. a house committee drafted a measure to allocate $27 billion for recovery efforts. speaker john boehner says the house won't vote on it befo
we're talking $109 billion worth of across the board cuts to the budget of the pentagon and the number of domestic agencies. >> we can come together as democrats and republicans to cut spending and raise revenue in a way that reduces our deficit, protects our middle class, provides ladders into the middle class for everybody who is willing to washing hard. >> despite this bill, your paycheck is a little smaller because a temporary cut in payroll tax expired. the social security will...
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police say they're investigating whether this case might be linked to a smash-and-grab at a zale's in pentagon city mall monday. >> a northern virginia congressman is explain sag port for a bill to legalize marijuana. representative jim moran and d.c. delegate, eleanor holmes horton are two of several co-sponsors of a measure introduced. calls for decriminalizing marijuana on a federal level and allowing states to regulate it. it is time to reform our drug laws. he told news 4 -->>> no more mail saturdays. the u.s. postal service will scale back beginning in august. the agency says the move will save $2 billion a year. the post office reported nearly $16 billion in losses last year. meanwhile, as traditional mail scales back, today apple announced it delivered its 25 billionth song on aye tuitunes. >> watching a storm that could have a major impact across the northeast. >> storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer will let us know what we can expect. anything at all, doug for us? >> we know, we keep trying to look at the storms. keep trying to come our way. and they simply move out of our
police say they're investigating whether this case might be linked to a smash-and-grab at a zale's in pentagon city mall monday. >> a northern virginia congressman is explain sag port for a bill to legalize marijuana. representative jim moran and d.c. delegate, eleanor holmes horton are two of several co-sponsors of a measure introduced. calls for decriminalizing marijuana on a federal level and allowing states to regulate it. it is time to reform our drug laws. he told news 4...
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the deal delays pending cuts to the pentagon for another two months kicking the issue of sequestration down the road. it's not a perfect bill but the timing was crucial as a new congress is set to be sworn in on thursday. >> thanks to the votes of democrats and republicans in congress, i will sign a law that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2% of americans while preventing a middle class tax hike that could have sent the economy back into recession and obviously had a severe impact on families all across america. >>> now, while the tax package passed will protect 98% of americans from income tax increases, most of you will still end up paying more in federal. that's because a temporary cut in the social security payroll tax just expired. at the live desk, angie goff, news 4. >>> 5:03 now. markets are reacting positively to the fiscal cliff vote. stocks are up 2%. european stocks are also up right now. this congressional term will end without the house voting on a bill to help victims of sandy. new york area lawmakers from both party are furious over house republicans leaders decision not
the deal delays pending cuts to the pentagon for another two months kicking the issue of sequestration down the road. it's not a perfect bill but the timing was crucial as a new congress is set to be sworn in on thursday. >> thanks to the votes of democrats and republicans in congress, i will sign a law that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2% of americans while preventing a middle class tax hike that could have sent the economy back into recession and obviously had a severe impact on...
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hundreds of thousands of pentagon civilian employees could be facing furloughs and frozen pay checks if congress doesn't find the mandatory budget. one stays furloughed employee would lose one day of work a week. the pentagon has about 800,000 civilian workers and it's reported these furloughs could save $5 billion. republicans are trying to revive their party with some major changes this morning. the party is looking at a combination of what lawmakers have to do and have to stop doing. the changes in the works for the g.o.p. >> meeting in charlotte. republicans re-elected their party chairman. >> we're going to be the party for everybody, everywhere across america. [applause] >> right now the g.o.p. is in trouble. mitt romney was beaten. barack obama so empowered he forced republicans to back down on the debt ceiling and laid out a liberal agenda for his second term. the g.o.p. is out of favor with the young, minorities and women. not just at the ballot box. 49% of the nation now sees the republican party negatively. in the nbc news "wall street journal" poll only 26% positively. de
hundreds of thousands of pentagon civilian employees could be facing furloughs and frozen pay checks if congress doesn't find the mandatory budget. one stays furloughed employee would lose one day of work a week. the pentagon has about 800,000 civilian workers and it's reported these furloughs could save $5 billion. republicans are trying to revive their party with some major changes this morning. the party is looking at a combination of what lawmakers have to do and have to stop doing. the...
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think of the people who rushed into the pentagon and started pulling people out were burned and dying and injured in fighting. the american people have a lot of fiber. i mean, this country's streets were not paved with gold with all the people came from other countries and built it into what it is. i've got a website, rumsfeld.com which i put a speech by adlai stevenson on their that was given to my senior class in college in 1954. and if you've got young people who are fainthearted, who are wondering, gee, about the world, read that speech by adlai stevenson. he was governor of my home state. i don't think he would have been a delicate president to be honest with you. he was kind of cerebral type. one of his campaign slogans was, a kids of the world unite. we have nothing to lose but our yoke. [laughter] but his speech to my senior class in 1954 was absolutely brilliant. and i think if you read something like that you are reassured. and if you think about the people who do stand up and support people and understand how precious what we have -- you know, i've got a couple of titanium
think of the people who rushed into the pentagon and started pulling people out were burned and dying and injured in fighting. the american people have a lot of fiber. i mean, this country's streets were not paved with gold with all the people came from other countries and built it into what it is. i've got a website, rumsfeld.com which i put a speech by adlai stevenson on their that was given to my senior class in college in 1954. and if you've got young people who are fainthearted, who are...
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i -- in the pentagon, it broke my heard when i turned my head for a minute, and i see fans sigh exceptive wood paneling going up in one of the halls, and i said, good -- we wouldn't do that if we were a corporation. the advantage of a corporation is or a company or a business is that they can go broke, and that's a good thing. if it's badly managed, walk down any retail street in america, go back a year from them. it's 10%, maybe the stores are different. one's gone, something else took the place. dead leaves die, new leaves grow. in government, they don't. they go op and op and on and on, and trying to find some technique you can use to get people in government to manage money like they'd manage their own money instead of how they manage other people's money is a difficult thing. the only way you can do it is for people to be vigilant, for people to understand the federal government ought to be the very, very last resort. you start with individuals, and it's individuals who need help, by golly, look at charitable and nonprofit organizations. next, look at local governments, the closest t
i -- in the pentagon, it broke my heard when i turned my head for a minute, and i see fans sigh exceptive wood paneling going up in one of the halls, and i said, good -- we wouldn't do that if we were a corporation. the advantage of a corporation is or a company or a business is that they can go broke, and that's a good thing. if it's badly managed, walk down any retail street in america, go back a year from them. it's 10%, maybe the stores are different. one's gone, something else took the...
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>> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. good news tonight in the effort to get severely disabled veterans hired in the civilian workforce. wounded warrior careers said 70% of the vets it works with have either been hired or are training for a new career. >> we severely wounded warriors, do bring something to the table. i mean they have leadership experience. they have things that many, many youngsters across the country don'tbe have. we think it's a win for everyone in the community. >> bret: now, some disturbing news about current members of the military. we told you last night about some shocking statistics regarding suicides. tonight, senior national correspondent john roberts goes inside the tragic numbe numbers. >> just as the pentagon thought it was making headway on the military suicide, a troubling reversal. 349 active duty service members took their lives in 2012. sharp increase from the previous year's 301. >> more veterans to suicide, to combat. that should outrage all americans. if there was an enemy weapons sys
>> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. good news tonight in the effort to get severely disabled veterans hired in the civilian workforce. wounded warrior careers said 70% of the vets it works with have either been hired or are training for a new career. >> we severely wounded warriors, do bring something to the table. i mean they have leadership experience. they have things that many, many youngsters across the country don'tbe have. we think it's a win for...
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around the sequester and how the pentagon budget is going to proceed not only over this next year but over the next few years. what's it going to mean between congress and the pentagon once chuck hagel's in charge after they made him go through this? >> well, if the president thought that by having a republican in the cabinet at the pentagon he was going to buy any kind of loyalty or relationship with republican senators, he can think again about that. because this simply isn't happening. chuck hagel is not going to have relationships with the people who have just humiliated him to this degree. secondly, he was weak eened by s own poor performance. and whether he was playing rope-a-dope and this was a deliberate tactic, as they say, to not pick a fight and get into an argument in a public forum with john mccain and the others on the committee that he would then have to work with, he didn't fight back enough claire mccaskill and other democrats, claire you saw on our show and others saying look, he clearly is better at asking questions than answering questions but still came strongly t
around the sequester and how the pentagon budget is going to proceed not only over this next year but over the next few years. what's it going to mean between congress and the pentagon once chuck hagel's in charge after they made him go through this? >> well, if the president thought that by having a republican in the cabinet at the pentagon he was going to buy any kind of loyalty or relationship with republican senators, he can think again about that. because this simply isn't happening....
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watch what happens and we lose a lot of pentagon jobs. a lot of people out of work. stop by and stores closed, supporting organizations and some contractors are out of work. who gets blamed, president or republicans in congress? >> in the end i think the president. we americans under this habit of thinking i think the presidents have too much -- deserve too much for a good economy and too much blame for a bad economy. what a president does is pretty important but not as important as sometimes other factors. chris: if we have a shutdown or second recession or something like it, double dip, who gets hurt? >> republicans believe your theory, michael, it's the president. the buck stops with him. fundamentally -- >> chris: he's the one scared of this sequester more than anybody it seems. >> but at the same time they also know this is a republican party with the 24% approval rating going against a president with the 50-something percent approval rating. when it's the battle of the bully pulpit versus people with a 24% approval rating, bully pulpit can be very effective. ch
watch what happens and we lose a lot of pentagon jobs. a lot of people out of work. stop by and stores closed, supporting organizations and some contractors are out of work. who gets blamed, president or republicans in congress? >> in the end i think the president. we americans under this habit of thinking i think the presidents have too much -- deserve too much for a good economy and too much blame for a bad economy. what a president does is pretty important but not as important as...
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now we're told the pentagon, state department and the white house are all going over this new information. >>> and now this is something that you're only going to see here on cnn, it is disturbing. our cnn camera crew managed to get inside of a city in syria, that used to be modern. liberal. well now al qaeda is in charge. it is right on the border of turkey. so smoking is forbidden. women have to be covered up. and even taking pictures can get you beaten or killed. here's nick payton-walsh. >> this is what happens when al qaeda claims they came to help, but instead decide to rule this man beaten for spraying graffiti. >>. >> translator: every 15 minutes someone poured water on me, electrocuted me, kicked me and walked out. he said. he was dragged from the city streets of racca into this church that al qaeda had torched and marked as their base. they tortured many. >> translator: when a person is tortured in front of you, you feel responsible. that's the hardest. one guy still inside used to call me dad as i taught him about democracy. >> al qaeda-linked militants the islamic state of ira
now we're told the pentagon, state department and the white house are all going over this new information. >>> and now this is something that you're only going to see here on cnn, it is disturbing. our cnn camera crew managed to get inside of a city in syria, that used to be modern. liberal. well now al qaeda is in charge. it is right on the border of turkey. so smoking is forbidden. women have to be covered up. and even taking pictures can get you beaten or killed. here's nick...
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we have 159 different programs in the pentagon alone, but ten other agencies, what they're estimating is we can save tons of money. we tkphoepbt how much it costs because the -- we don't know how much it costs because the pentagon doesn't know how much they're spending on it, which the g.a.o. said one of the reasons they can't estimate the savings more accurately is because the majority of agencies have no idea what they are spending on these programs. the question i have is why not? and if they don't know what they're spending, why aren't we doing something about it? higher education assistance, 21 different programs four different agencies not all in the education department. $174.7 billion a year. that includes pell grants. that includes student loans, the costs associated with student loans, veterans employment training, we have six programs not all run by the veterans department but run by the veterans department and other agencies. we're spending $1.2 billion, and here's what we know. we're running these programs and veterans unemployment, even though they have a skill when they
we have 159 different programs in the pentagon alone, but ten other agencies, what they're estimating is we can save tons of money. we tkphoepbt how much it costs because the -- we don't know how much it costs because the pentagon doesn't know how much they're spending on it, which the g.a.o. said one of the reasons they can't estimate the savings more accurately is because the majority of agencies have no idea what they are spending on these programs. the question i have is why not? and if...
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. >> reporter: you won't see aaron nearborn featured in one of the pentagon's recruiting commercials. >> boxing those up, getting those out today. >> reporter: but what he has been doing for two years in this vast, unheated warehouse in oakland, california, has provided crucial supplies for thousands of men and women in uniform and in harm's way. trauma kits and stretchers. ballistic eye protection. and tarps to repair ripped tents. spare parts for a failing generator that would have taken months for the regular supply chain to provide. >> this generator powers their communications, their intelligence, their daily operations, everything. we're literally able to ship it to them within 72 hours. >> reporter: it all started when one of nearborn's marine pals deployed to afghanistan and asked for some needed items. nearborn sent them. word got around through e-mails and a new website there was an outfit called troops direct that could bypass the usual military red tape and get you what you and your unit needed pronto. like this sergeant who told us via skype from afghanistan that nearborn
. >> reporter: you won't see aaron nearborn featured in one of the pentagon's recruiting commercials. >> boxing those up, getting those out today. >> reporter: but what he has been doing for two years in this vast, unheated warehouse in oakland, california, has provided crucial supplies for thousands of men and women in uniform and in harm's way. trauma kits and stretchers. ballistic eye protection. and tarps to repair ripped tents. spare parts for a failing generator that...
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the pentagon uploaded it last week. he talks about the nsa spying and gives a preview of what he might say at today's hearing, this afternoon and 1:30 p.m. eastern time at the house intelligence committee. live coverage on c-span3. john, canton, ohio, republican caller. caller: good morning good i agree with the independent caller, his statement about the trust could we can't trust our government. we are having issues here, whether the examples of benghazi or we haven't gotten answers about that come up fast and furious, how about the irs? i was looking at google earth and they are showing my house, bike inrty, my kids' the front yard, my garage door open. i don't understand why we need that kind of surveillance on this. we are distrustful of the government right now, and we know that something is going on, and we know that we are paying for it and we're getting angry. people have been asleep for years are starting to wake up and realize that there's something going on. that is my statement for today. hollywood,a, flori
the pentagon uploaded it last week. he talks about the nsa spying and gives a preview of what he might say at today's hearing, this afternoon and 1:30 p.m. eastern time at the house intelligence committee. live coverage on c-span3. john, canton, ohio, republican caller. caller: good morning good i agree with the independent caller, his statement about the trust could we can't trust our government. we are having issues here, whether the examples of benghazi or we haven't gotten answers about...
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our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has more. jim, good evening. >> brian, defense officials claim these cyberattacks by the chinese government and military strike at the very heart of some of the most critical u.s. weapons systems. the chinese reportedly hacked into front line air defense systems like the navy's aegis and the army's thad systems and the most costly u.s. weapons systems ever, the air force f-35. two years ago the chinese revealed the first stealth fighter jet, which bears a striking resemblance to the u.s. f-22. the fear is the chinese will use this stolen technology to build their own deadly high-tech weapons or produce defensive systems that could easily defeat u.s. weapons. the cyber attacks were not aimed at the pentagon but the private contractors who produce these weapons and the pentagon is now assisting those contractors in tightening up their cyber security. meanwhile, the chinese deny they're behind the cyber attacks. nobody here is buying it, brian. >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon for us tonight, j
our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has more. jim, good evening. >> brian, defense officials claim these cyberattacks by the chinese government and military strike at the very heart of some of the most critical u.s. weapons systems. the chinese reportedly hacked into front line air defense systems like the navy's aegis and the army's thad systems and the most costly u.s. weapons systems ever, the air force f-35. two years ago the chinese revealed the first stealth fighter jet,...
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i didn't even know the pentagon had a channel. beef jerky from france is so the chopping blocks and how best for democracy. but leave you it to come up with $70 billion of cuts at the department of defense. senator coburn says if you scrap 1300 programs that duplicate each over you could save another $364 billion. it doesn't end there. our own lizzie apparently federal workers aren't doing federal work. we'll get to the bottom of that. we do know that the federal feet warmers are costing $156 million a year and then there is army ranger lucas who says like the billions he says could be saved by cutting overlapping costs by drone technology and electronic warfare. in total more than $479 billion that the government could start cutting right now, that is more than five times the cuts they are screaming about taking effect. first, tom on the unspent dough. congressman, i was surprised to see how much we're talking about? >> yeah, it's remarkable and the american people know this. we have a budget of $3.6 trillion. we've identified $4
i didn't even know the pentagon had a channel. beef jerky from france is so the chopping blocks and how best for democracy. but leave you it to come up with $70 billion of cuts at the department of defense. senator coburn says if you scrap 1300 programs that duplicate each over you could save another $364 billion. it doesn't end there. our own lizzie apparently federal workers aren't doing federal work. we'll get to the bottom of that. we do know that the federal feet warmers are costing $156...
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when the government reopens, it will be reimbursed when the pentagon has the money. and because that charity acted, it essentially gave the senate a chance to do nothing to solve the problem. >> this is an unnecessary shutdown. how dare we not provide these grieving families with the necessary support in their time of need. >> reporter: today every house democrat and every house republican voted for the benefits. but what seemed like a quick washington solution spiralled into politics. even the senate chaplain weighed in. >> it's time for our lawmakers to say enough is enough. >> reporter: were you trying to jolt lawmakers with your prayer? >> i was trying to express what some of them have expressed and felt, that at some point you have to draw the line. at some point you have to say enough is enough. >> reporter: the shutdown has politicized a group beloved by both parties, the military. one of the families of the fallen soldiers denied benefits is from senator bob casey's home state, pennsylvania. >> it's unusual that veterans or soldiers are used as a political st
when the government reopens, it will be reimbursed when the pentagon has the money. and because that charity acted, it essentially gave the senate a chance to do nothing to solve the problem. >> this is an unnecessary shutdown. how dare we not provide these grieving families with the necessary support in their time of need. >> reporter: today every house democrat and every house republican voted for the benefits. but what seemed like a quick washington solution spiralled into...
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and you know i'm qualified for this job to be the head of the pentagon, defense secretary. it was almost like he was stunned by it. your thoughts. >> i think you're right. i think it was very personal. i was stunned by it, too. especially the way mccain kept pursuing it and pursuing it. clearly, john wanted chuck to say yes, i was wrong and you were right. and of course the verdict of history, as hagel tried to say, is still out on that. and frankly, in my view as a soldier, the surge had almost nothing to do with the actual increase in american troops. what it had to do was the coincidence of a number of things that were already moving in iraq. not least of which was the awakening. and it had to do with very frankly a general by the name of david petraeus taking advantage of this in order to enhance his own reputation. and as far as i'm concerned, the increase in troops had nothing to do with the change in the situation in iraq except that it got a bunch of them killed, as senator hagel was careful to point out. >> and that is paralleling his opening comments, which you ta
and you know i'm qualified for this job to be the head of the pentagon, defense secretary. it was almost like he was stunned by it. your thoughts. >> i think you're right. i think it was very personal. i was stunned by it, too. especially the way mccain kept pursuing it and pursuing it. clearly, john wanted chuck to say yes, i was wrong and you were right. and of course the verdict of history, as hagel tried to say, is still out on that. and frankly, in my view as a soldier, the surge had...
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meanwhile, the pentagon made it clear that the agreement has not changed it's military posture. that may be purposely vague. neither the russians nor americans have walked away having lost faith but neither side seems to have visited from their positions much. russians say there are many more steps before the world can act against assad. >> in the event of non-compliance we have committed to impose measures under chapter seven of the u.n. security council. ultimately, perhaps more so than anywhere in the world actions will matter more than words. >> reporter: what those consequences will be are unclear. the wording of the regulation simply states if there is a threat to peace or act of aggression the u.n. can respond in military or non-military action to restore the peace. >> now the white house said it issued a statement a short time ago on this deal. it reads in part. we now have the opportunity to achieve our objectives through diplomacy prosecutor i. if diplomacy fails, we will react. jean, it says specifically the united states is prepared to act. that's very broad. >> it i
meanwhile, the pentagon made it clear that the agreement has not changed it's military posture. that may be purposely vague. neither the russians nor americans have walked away having lost faith but neither side seems to have visited from their positions much. russians say there are many more steps before the world can act against assad. >> in the event of non-compliance we have committed to impose measures under chapter seven of the u.n. security council. ultimately, perhaps more so than...
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thank you from the pentagon tonight. >>> sources also tell fox news, alexis visited a shooting range the weekend before the attack on the navy yard. now we're hearing some of the police radio traffic from during the rampage. >> on the fourth floor, a male with a shotgun. multiple shots fired. multiple people down. we have active shooter on the fourth floor. i'll get you an update on the building location with several victims down. >> we have an officer down, building 197 on the third floor. >> coming up, we'll get an update on how the victims are doing, including the police officer. first want to check in with rick leventhal, live at the washington navy yard. and rick, what is the scene like there this evening? hello. >> reporter: well, bill, heavy security at the front gate, as you might imagine. security has been here all day long, they reopened this morning, but only to essential personnel. and building 197 behind us remains closed so the fbi and its response team can do its painstaking job of carefully documenting every single inch of every single shooting scene inside of that bu
thank you from the pentagon tonight. >>> sources also tell fox news, alexis visited a shooting range the weekend before the attack on the navy yard. now we're hearing some of the police radio traffic from during the rampage. >> on the fourth floor, a male with a shotgun. multiple shots fired. multiple people down. we have active shooter on the fourth floor. i'll get you an update on the building location with several victims down. >> we have an officer down, building 197 on...
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jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with the news. why did military leaders say this had to happen now? >> essentially because women are already in combat. chairman of the joint chiefs, martin dempsey said he realized when he got into his armored vehicle in baghdad in 2003. >> and i slapped a gunner on the wagon and she leaned down and said, i'm amanda, okay, so a female turret gunner protecting the commander and times have changed and something to do about it. and life as we know, there are no guarantees of success. not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. but everyone is entitled to a chance. >> reporter: secretary panetta said that his eyes were opened when he was over at the cia and realized half of the intelligence force over there were women and he talked to the joint chiefs when he came over here to serve as defense secretary about what changes could be made, shep. >> shepard: jen, what are we hearing from women in the military? >> most have accepted this and are excited about it. what they've explained to us, t
jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with the news. why did military leaders say this had to happen now? >> essentially because women are already in combat. chairman of the joint chiefs, martin dempsey said he realized when he got into his armored vehicle in baghdad in 2003. >> and i slapped a gunner on the wagon and she leaned down and said, i'm amanda, okay, so a female turret gunner protecting the commander and times have changed and something to do about it. and life as we...
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that would affect the pentagon and the pentagon size, the consequences were much more unfavorable for the g.o.p. than for democrats, which is why republicans had very little leverage to win this moring a, i think it remarkable they got out of it in as good shape as they did. lou: i would never disturb a positive outlook. i have to say, i think somehow, when we end up withs there are your trillion added to national debt, and we have round two coming at us with the president and speaker saying in a will never negotiate over a debt ceiling again, you have to wonder who the future holds. >> the problem is, the republicans control the house of representative the. the democrats control the senate. democrats control the white house. and democrats are on opposed to all of the things that republicans want to do. lower taxes, and by and large, reduce spending and reform entitlements, reform the tax code in a way that revenue neutral, they don't want to do those, they and they have two-thirds of of the three-legged stool in their control that limits what republicans can hope to do, this is a les
that would affect the pentagon and the pentagon size, the consequences were much more unfavorable for the g.o.p. than for democrats, which is why republicans had very little leverage to win this moring a, i think it remarkable they got out of it in as good shape as they did. lou: i would never disturb a positive outlook. i have to say, i think somehow, when we end up withs there are your trillion added to national debt, and we have round two coming at us with the president and speaker saying in...
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let me say that is something that i think the office -- this was the pentagon wide effort. i think it was a mixed success during that period. we have a lot of lessons learned that were brought to the surface through internal pentagon reviews and external reviews working with our partners at the icrc to surface issues and working with combatant command and the military services and the various components of the pentagon. i think we did a very very strong job in bringing up the quality of detention operations and ensuring we minimize the likelihood future of abu ghraib type issues. there is one aspect of the detainee treatment issue that we weren't able to resolve. this was something that was frustrating to me personally, but i think one of the problems that in my mind resurfaced by these reviews and what had gone wrong in the early years of detainee operations was the failure to use international standards as our minimum to include prohibitions on degrading treatment found in the convention against torture and the treatment standards of common article iii of the geneva conve
let me say that is something that i think the office -- this was the pentagon wide effort. i think it was a mixed success during that period. we have a lot of lessons learned that were brought to the surface through internal pentagon reviews and external reviews working with our partners at the icrc to surface issues and working with combatant command and the military services and the various components of the pentagon. i think we did a very very strong job in bringing up the quality of...
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we did take it over to the pentagon. of course, they were receptive, and i remember joe, highly complimentary of the works done there. this was not a dray dramatic piece of work, but very much a hear and now look at where we are by doing it with the benefit of image ri in a way that really i did think, at least infliewpsed was o positive influence that led to resolution in bos knee that. the -- i want to say that probably the -- there is no story that tested the intelligence policy relationship more than the u.n. imposed sanctions regime, serbia, and that was in may of 1992 and lasted through the dayton accords in 1995. the unrelenting challenge to policymakers to monitor and enforce this complex economic and financial sanctions regime and transfer it from a struggling marginal influence in outcomes, really, what it was when the clinton administration came into power required sustain intelligence support at every turn. i want to emphasize that if you talk to, as i did, to our analysts and to a lot of folks on the policy
we did take it over to the pentagon. of course, they were receptive, and i remember joe, highly complimentary of the works done there. this was not a dray dramatic piece of work, but very much a hear and now look at where we are by doing it with the benefit of image ri in a way that really i did think, at least infliewpsed was o positive influence that led to resolution in bos knee that. the -- i want to say that probably the -- there is no story that tested the intelligence policy relationship...
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and that is your taxpayer money being spent wisely the pentagon wants millions of dollars back from boeing for excessive charges on numerous parts will dive into the nuts and bolts of this story later today. it's thursday june twentieth four pm in washington d.c. i'm back in lopez and you are watching r.t. well more information is coming out from the guardian today detailing the types of information the n.s.a. can and has collected in the past when it comes to american citizens here's what we found out while the prism nucleon and main way programs are mostly used to collect information on foreign entities and on american citizens u.s. communications can still be collected retained and used for five years here's why if it contains a usable intelligence information on criminal activity threat of harm to people or property if they're encrypted or are believed to contain any information relevant to cyber security whatsoever they can be retained but as for a matter of transparency both present and past and say officials argue that the process is as transparent as possible. we wanted to keep the
and that is your taxpayer money being spent wisely the pentagon wants millions of dollars back from boeing for excessive charges on numerous parts will dive into the nuts and bolts of this story later today. it's thursday june twentieth four pm in washington d.c. i'm back in lopez and you are watching r.t. well more information is coming out from the guardian today detailing the types of information the n.s.a. can and has collected in the past when it comes to american citizens here's what we...
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. >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. still ahead -- why some of nation's toughest gup laws are not working if up with of america's most violent cities. first, you spend $6 billion hours a year trying to climb it. is anybody going to do anything about all the red tape in the tax code? [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. >> bret: conservatives are complaining $51 billion aid package for victims of hurricane sandy include funds for recovery efforts from other disaster and up related projects. house will consider republican backed $17 billion alternative proposal tomorrow. trial is underway in new hampshire and case against oil giant exxon-mobil and citco. they want $700 million in damage to clean up the ground water and causeed by banned gas additive. the tria
. >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. still ahead -- why some of nation's toughest gup laws are not working if up with of america's most violent cities. first, you spend $6 billion hours a year trying to climb it. is anybody going to do anything about all the red tape in the tax code? [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it...